Did you pay your brother or was he a partner with you all in the business and his contribution was to do maintenance?

For example, we have a tenant who moved her boyfriend in without telling anyone and works from home and washes down the stairs every day after taking her dog for a walk.

It was as easy as taking a jack under the house with a pressure treated beam and a cinder block and supported the weak area.

Otherwise, job growth could stall and bring less dynamism to the local economy.For 2018, slightly higher mortgage rates will further pressure affordability and therefore attest to even greater need for new home construction to tame home price pressure.

Those lenders are often happy to keep the debt alive for as long as you like, so you aren't under pressure to refinance in a set period of time.

We snagged a 4-plex in late 2016 for the low 200s in Centralia, but low inventory and pressure from up north has driven prices up, especially for multiplexes.

The furnace also went out which cost about $3K, so this year will be nearly a wash for cash flow though the tax deductions still help. 

The market will come back to you and you'll be ready.There's a lot of performance pressure to maximize. 

I'll provide some entertaining reading of how I got started: I lost my house in the recession in FL, I was in michigan thinking I would rent for the rest of my life and I was fine with that, mom "pressured" me to use her $50K loan (part of her retirement) to buy a house (no intentions to invest, just a house to live in) initially I didn't want to risk her money but after some thought I accepted her offer in 2012, after months of many losing bids of foreclosures I finally won not 1 but 2 at the same time, so my realtor brother said not to let go the other one so he lent me $20K, after the rehabbing, contractors, being scammed sometimes and feeling like the life was sucked out of me (and by miracle didn't get fired from my job) I finished both so I had to put one for rent, swore never to do this again but 2 years later was looking thru zillow and homepath and the adrenaline juices started flowing again, took out a home equity loan and bought 2 more, repeat same pattern, life sucked out of me, again I don't know how I didn't get fired, but afterwards I was just tired and not disillusioned with real estate like the first time; and then bought the last one where I live 2 years ago, sorry to make it long lol.Thank you @Jessie Niu, I'm trying to see which of the methods you mentioned will take me the furthest.

So the key is targeting the employees who work there.I would say it's a wash for the plus and cons.